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| CEO puts turnout at 65, says all complaints petty | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 23: As polling went off peacefully across the state with no report of any major incident of violence, the Chief Election Officer BR Sharma put the tentative turnout at 65 per cent in six constituencies of two districts.
“These figures were compiled based on the inputs received till 4PM when there were still long queues of voters at many polling stations and upon final computation the percentage is sure to go up”, Sharma told a press conference here this evening.
Giving details, the Chief Electoral Officer stated that the voting percentage in Kangan constituency was around 61, in Ganderbal 44.33, in Nowshera 70, Rajouri 67, and in Kalakote and Darhal constituencies 73 per cent each. Stating that these were tentative figures and the final figures will be worked out after actual details are received from all the Presiding Officers of the polling stations, the CEO said this may further increase the poll percentage.
The CEO said that special arrangements had been made for Kashmiri migrant voters of Ganderbal and Kangan constituencies and gave details... | |
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| Tension in Majalta after dowry death | | Engineer held in Talab Tillo for ‘engineering’ wife’s murder | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 23: Tension broke out in Majalta area of Udhampur district following death of a young newlywed woman whose parents alleged that she took the extreme step due to cruelties inflicted upon her by husband and parents-in-law.
Meanwhile, Jammu Police have arrested an Engineer and search is on for his parents in connection with mysterious death of his wife three months back. In this also parents of the deceased woman alleged that she was under constant harassment from the parents-in-law for dowry.
Reports said that a war like situation prevailed in the Majalta area when parents of the deceased Anita Kumari along with hundreds of the people came to the place of he... | |
| | | | Rajouri polls over 70%, | | Complaints of rigging, booth capturing in Darhal, PDP agent beaten to pulp, Presiding Officer slapped | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 23: Amidst allegations of rigging, booth capturing, clashes between activists of different political parties, the four constituencies of Rajouri district which went to polls today registered an average turnout of 73 per cent.
With sporadic complaints of strong arm tactics at a couple of places in Kalakote and Rajouri constituencies, the remote Darhal constituency of the district threw over a score of complaints of forcible domination of polling booths and cross voting which led to clashes at several places. Election agents of Peoples Democratic Party were beaten up at few polling stations in Darhal area by supporters of independent candidate Mohammad Iqbal M... | |
| | | | Ganderbal seals Omar’s fate | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Political fate of National Conference president Omar Abdullah and prestige of Abdullah dynasty has been sealed for the December 28 results as Ganderbal went to polls peacefully despite odds of weather and separatist boycott.
Braving boycott call, morning chill and walking long distances, people in Ganderbal and Kangan constituencies were seen enthusiastically flocking to the polling stations in large numbers today. Among the voters, many a centenarian, physically challenged people and women in huge numbers expressed delight in expressing their constitutional right to vote.
In the morning, long serpentine queues of voters were seen outside the pollin... | |
| | | | 6 SOLDIERS KILLED | | Army vehicle rolls down in Leh | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
LEH, Nov 23: Six soldiers were killed and 12 others sustained injuries, some of them critically, when a vehicle in which they were traveling skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge at Jingral near Sakti, around 70 kilometers from Leh town.
The ill-fated Army vehicle was on its way from Tangste to Kharoo for canteen collection when at Jingral under the jurisdiction of Leh Police Station the vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge.
The vehicle collided with several rocks before landing at the bottom of gorge thereby killing six soldiers on the spot and leaving 12 others wounded.
On the receipt of information, rescue teams rushed from the n... | |
| | | | Top heads at stake in Baramulla | | | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
JAMMU, Nov 23: Prestige of stalwarts from almost all political parties in the fray is at high stakes as Baramulla district in North Kashmir gears up for polls in fourth phase on December 7.
While Peoples Democratic Party has its nerve center in Baramulla, for National Conference it is about dignity of the Abdullah dynasty and restoration lost glory of a titan. Congress too will have to prove its mettle for the sake of Pradesh Congress Committee president’s political strength and for other smaller and newer parties it is simply a question of survival.
Peoples Democratic Party’s leading star Muzaffar Hussain Baig is seeking election from proper Baramulla constituency fro... | |
| | | | Doctor arrested for molestation bid | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 23: A senior doctor of a leading hospital in the city has been arrested for making a molestation attempt on a girl patient.
The girl (name withheld) lodged a complaint in police post Canal Road in which she alleged that she along with her younger sister Seeta went to BN charitable hospital for check up her eyes where she got appointment with a senior doctor identified as RL Koul. The called her inside the room and after checking her eyes she put some drops of ointment into her eyes. She said that the ointment was so painful that she could not open her eyes and the doctors taking the advantage of the site made a molestation bid on her. She started crying and ... | |
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